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Military service
Service number:
H/41015
Age:
21
Rank:
Rifleman
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Birth:
July 19, 1919
Brandon, Manitoba
Enlistment:
June 22, 1940
Manitoba
Death:
November 5, 1940
Debert, Nova Scotia
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 11. Block F. Sec. 26.
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Son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Purper, of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
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Rifleman William Purper
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In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 17 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRANDON CEMETERY Manitoba, Canada
This cemetery is located 700 metres south of 18th Street and Richmond Avenue, on Highway 10.
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